{"product_id":"beecham-conducts-mozart-volume-1-1915-54-pasc409","title":"BEECHAM conducts Mozart, Volume 1 (1915-54) - PASC409","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cul data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D7708D0\"\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770D90\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770EC0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770FF0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D771840\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eMozart \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSymphonies 31, 35, 36\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eMozart \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eComplete Beecham Acoustic Recordings, 1915-1917\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D772E90\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eStudio recordings · 1915-1954\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 79:54\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D7708D0\"\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eSir Thomas Beecham, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econductor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eBeecham Symphony Orchestra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFanfare Review578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fHere, then, is one of the great Mozarteans...578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eThis CD represents Volume One of the\nColumbia Mozart symphonies Thomas Beecham recorded in the studio with\nthe Royal Philharmonic between 1951 and 1954. It also contains the two\novertures and several snippets captured acoustically with the Beecham\nSymphony Orchestra in 1915—all restored at Pristine with Andrew Rose’s\ncustomary wizardry. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eSir Thomas’ approach to Mozart lies well within memory of many \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eFanfare\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e\nreaders. Yet it reaches us now almost as a voice from an unrecoverable\npast. These are big, full-orchestra readings of Mozart, played with\nunashamed sentiment. Beecham seeks to ravish us in ways far beyond the\nclear-stream math of HIP revisionist thinking. Sixty or 70 years ago\nthat was the norm: Romantic Mozart delivered to us by the likes of Bruno\nWalter, Otto Klemperer, and Wilhelm Furtwängler. There is a tendency to\nflatten perspective on this vanished world over time, to regard “big\norchestra” Mozart as having been all of a piece in its day. But of\ncourse, it wasn’t. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eKlemperer’s approach, for instance,\nconveyed a powerful solidity. Bruno Walter, also nearly Brahmsian in\nMozart, was known for his “plastic phrasing.” And Furtwängler’s Mozart\ncould easily convince you that Wagner was just around the corner. But\nSir Thomas’s approach had a special quality of lightness and grace. He\nseemed to balance an orchestra from the top down. And it is no accident\nthat Beecham was famous for bringing out the subtleties of French music.\nHis sheer deftness stands out. The music just skates along here, light\nas a feather. It conveys an airy, almost ecstatic exhilaration you won’t\nfind elsewhere. Indeed, I’d say Beecham’s approach represents Mozart\nconducted as though it were Mendelssohn. With all the pretty cadence\nritards and delicate tempo adjustment, there is no heaviness. The\ntimpani-led punchiness of current-day Mozart is completely missing. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eAndrew Rose is to be congratulated once\nagain for bringing extra life to the never stellar-sounding original\nLPs. He has managed to include so much out-of-phase rear channel\nmaterial in his remastering that I mistook the performances for being in\nstereo at first. The result is extremely listenable. And his efforts\nwith the acoustic items are similar. There is, amazingly, real air and\nback channel surround to be found in the horn recordings. The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eMagic Flute \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eOverture\ncomes through especially well. Despite limitations, one can sense that\nthe Beecham Symphony Orchestra was very fine, indeed. The violin passage\nwork is quite lovely, though the use of portamento, especially\nupward-swooping portamento, sounds a bit kitschy and “home sweet\nhome-ish.” But you recognize the same subtle traits in early Beecham as\nlater. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"Br\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eHere, then, is one of the great\nMozarteans, brought to us at the beginning and near the end of his\ncareer. I, for one, am extremely appreciative. Windows on the past\naren’t made from today’s tempered glass. They inherently distort,\nrefract, and contain areas of opacity, just where you wish for clarity.\nBut Andrew Rose has done all that is humanly possible to polish the\nsurfaces. And his vision is now the effective catalyst to our own. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMESb\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteven Kruger\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis article originally appeared in Issue 38:2 (Nov\/Dec 2014) of Fanfare Magazine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PASC409.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSir Thomas Beecham conducts Mozart Symphonies - the 1950s Columbia recordings\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFirst of three volumes, supplemented with his complete Columbia acoustic Mozart recordings\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll but one of Beecham's early acoustic Mozart recordings was made\nfor Columbia, and it was to the American company of the same name that\nhe returned in the early 1950s to record a series of seven Mozart\nsymphonies with another of his \"own\" orchestras, the Royal Philharmonic.\nThe symphonies have been in and out of print since then, and their\noriginal, somewhat harsh sound quality to an extent masked their\nexquisite brilliance. Despite this, they have always been highly\nregarded, and it can only be hoped that these new transfers and XR\nremastering will further enhance their reputation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut that's not to overlook his earliest Mozart recordings (a single\nside cut for Odeon in 1912 will appear on a later volume here), made\nwith an orchestra that some rated as the finest he ever conducted.\nAgain, XR remastering has helped bring these primitive horn-based sound\nrecordings just a small step closer to the modern listener's\nappreciation - and very fine they are too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rare acoustic recordings were sourced from existing vinyl\ntransfers, including a \"private\" box set from the 1970s, WHS 102\/4. It\nis from notes enclosed here that the archive review for this release was\nderived - I could find no reviews when searching in the Gramophone and\nFanfare archives of any of Beecham's 1950s Columbia symphony recordings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAndrew Rose\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMOZART\u003c\/b\u003e Symphony No. 31 \"Paris\"\u003cbr\u003eColumbia ML-4474\u003cbr\u003eRecorded Kingsway Hall, London, 9 March 1951\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMOZART\u003c\/b\u003e Symphony No. 35 \"Haffner\"\u003cbr\u003eColumbia ML-5001\u003cbr\u003eRecorded Walthamstow Assembly Hall, 7 December 1953\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMOZART\u003c\/b\u003e Symphony No. 36 \"Linz\"\u003cbr\u003eColumbia ML-5001\u003cbr\u003eRecorded Walthamstow Assembly Hall, 1 May 1954\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eSir Thomas Beecham, conductor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMOZART\u003c\/b\u003e The Magic Flute: Overture\u003cbr\u003eColumbia L-1001\u003cbr\u003eMatrix Nos. 6559\/60, recorded 1915\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMOZART\u003c\/b\u003e Divertimento in D major, K.131, 5th mvt. \u003cbr\u003eColumbia L-1132\u003cbr\u003eMatrix Nos. 6904, recorded 1916\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMOZART\u003c\/b\u003e The Marriage of Figaro: Overture \u003cbr\u003eColumbia L-1115\u003cbr\u003eMatrix Nos. 6908, recorded 1916\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMOZART\u003c\/b\u003e The Marriage of Figaro: Sarabande\u003cbr\u003eColumbia L-1227\u003cbr\u003eMatrix Nos. 76037, recorded 1917\u003cbr\u003eN.B. 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